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For, behold, the Lord[H113], the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], doth take away[H5493] from Jerusalem[H3389] and from Judah[H3063] the stay[H4937] and the staff[H4938], the whole[H3605]stay[H4937] of bread[H3899], and the whole[H3605]stay[H4937] of water[H4325],
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The mighty man[H1368], and the man[H376] of war[H4421], the judge[H8199], and the prophet[H5030], and the prudent[H7080], and the ancient[H2205],
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The captain[H8269] of fifty[H2572], and the honourable[H5375]man[H6440], and the counsellor[H3289], and the cunning[H2450]artificer[H2791], and the eloquent[H995]orator[H3908].
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And I will give[H5414]children[H5288] to be their princes[H8269], and babes[H8586] shall rule[H4910] over them.
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And the people[H5971] shall be oppressed[H5065], every one[H376] by another[H376], and every one[H376] by his neighbour[H7453]: the child[H5288] shall behave himself proudly[H7292] against the ancient[H2205], and the base[H7034] against the honourable[H3513].
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When a man[H376] shall take hold[H8610] of his brother[H251] of the house[H1004] of his father[H1], saying, Thou hast clothing[H8071], be thou our ruler[H7101], and let this ruin[H4384] be under thy hand[H3027]:
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In that day[H3117] shall he swear[H5375], saying[H559], I will not be an healer[H2280]; for in my house[H1004] is neither bread[H3899] nor clothing[H8071]: make[H7760] me not a ruler[H7101] of the people[H5971].
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For Jerusalem[H3389] is ruined[H3782], and Judah[H3063] is fallen[H5307]: because their tongue[H3956] and their doings[H4611] are against the LORD[H3068], to provoke[H4784] the eyes[H5869] of his glory[H3519].
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The shew[H1971] of their countenance[H6440] doth witness against them[H6030]; and they declare[H5046] their sin[H2403] as Sodom[H5467], they hide[H3582] it not. Woe[H188] unto their soul[H5315]! for they have rewarded[H1580]evil[H7451] unto themselves.
10Say[H559] ye to the righteous[H6662], that it shall be well[H2896] with him: for they shall eat[H398] the fruit[H6529] of their doings[H4611].
11Woe[H188] unto the wicked[H7563]! it shall be ill[H7451] with him: for the reward[H1576] of his hands[H3027] shall be given[H6213] him.
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As for my people[H5971], children[H5953] are their oppressors[H5065], and women[H802]rule[H4910] over them. O my people[H5971], they which lead[H833] thee cause thee to err[H8582], and destroy[H1104] the way[H1870] of thy paths[H734].
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The LORD[H3068]standeth[H5975]up[H5324] to plead[H7378], and standeth[H5975] to judge[H1777] the people[H5971].
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The LORD[H3068] will enter[H935] into judgment[H4941] with the ancients[H2205] of his people[H5971], and the princes[H8269] thereof: for ye have eaten up[H1197] the vineyard[H3754]; the spoil[H1500] of the poor[H6041] is in your houses[H1004].
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What mean ye that ye beat[H1792] my people[H5971] to pieces[H1792], and grind[H2912] the faces[H6440] of the poor?[H6041]saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] of hosts[H6635].
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Moreover the LORD[H3068]saith[H559], Because[H3282] the daughters[H1323] of Zion[H6726] are haughty[H1361], and walk[H3212] with stretched forth[H5186]necks[H1627] and wanton[H8265]eyes[H5869], walking[H1980] and mincing[H2952] as they go[H3212], and making a tinkling[H5913] with their feet[H7272]:
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Therefore the Lord[H136] will smite with a scab[H5596] the crown of the head[H6936] of the daughters[H1323] of Zion[H6726], and the LORD[H3068] will discover[H6168] their secret parts[H6596].
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In that day[H3117] the Lord[H136] will take away[H5493] the bravery[H8597] of their tinkling ornaments[H5914] about their feet, and their cauls[H7636], and their round tires like the moon[H7720],
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The chains[H5188], and the bracelets[H8285], and the mufflers[H7479],
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The bonnets[H6287], and the ornaments of the legs[H6807], and the headbands[H7196], and the tablets[H5315], and the earrings[H3908],
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The rings[H2885], and nose[H639]jewels[H5141],
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The changeable suits of apparel[H4254], and the mantles[H4595], and the wimples[H4304], and the crisping pins[H2754],
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The glasses[H1549], and the fine linen[H5466], and the hoods[H6797], and the vails[H7289].
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And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell[H1314] there shall be stink[H4716]; and instead of a girdle[H2290] a rent[H5364]; and instead of well set[H4639]hair[H4748]baldness[H7144]; and instead of a stomacher[H6614] a girding[H4228] of sackcloth[H8242]; and burning[H3587] instead of beauty[H3308].
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Thy men[H4962] shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719], and thy mighty[H1369] in the war[H4421].
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And her gates[H6607] shall lament[H578] and mourn[H56]; and she being desolate[H5352] shall sit[H3427] upon the ground[H776].